Indopia can see the future.....and its streaming!!!!!

I, as a concerned part of Digital Media, sorrowfully announce that one of our promising digital friend-DVD is taking its last breath, and most probably will die out from the world of Home Entertainment or watching movies. It’s sad but my prophesy is not without reason!!!!!

Have a look on other past deaths in this family:

1. Betamax Tape: (1975-2002) – Sony kept on manufacturing it until 2002, but Betamax essentially died in the late 80’s. It was killed by the longer recording capacity popularising the rental market of VHS.

2. VHS Tape – Its sales started to lag behind DVDs in 2002 …….. and in 2005 the Washington Post pronounced VHS as ‘Officially dead’. 

3. Laserdisc: After being on life support since the late 90s, laserdisc production officially expired once DVDs took the world on its stride.

And now DVD (Digital Verstile Disc). So, the question is what next??? 

I can proudly say that We Indopia can see the future. Yes, the next big thing is ‘Streaming’.

Why Streaming?

Costly DVDs: -Today the average cost of watching a movie or a video online is not even half of the cost of watching a movie by renting a DVD even. The market in a way has created situations that encourage a consumer to stream video rather than investing on DVDs.

We are lazybones: lazybones, aren’t we? Buying DVD involves visiting the store and selecting one on the contrary on online video library makes the best of the videos available just a click away! This is why streaming videos seem like a convenient activity than buying a TV, buying a DVD player and then collect DVDs of films and songs because they encourage zero mobility on the consumers. So the digital age is sure ahead of VCD/DVD buying or rental.

Storage / Library??? Ohh, sounds like a funny question. Nostalgic about that wooden self? Its GB now!

Piracy and all that: Do you go with the tagline “say no to piracy, buy an original DVD”??? If yes, then you must know the current trends have merged the piracy market into the mainstream market. It is hard question what is really non-ethical about piracy after all. So think twice before you say “No to piracy, buy DVD”!

-Narottam Giri
www.indopia.com